The Dining Room Update: Cane Chair Redo

The Dining Room Update: Cane Chair Redo

A funny thing happened last December. I was this close to finishing my dining room and bam! I changed directions and started working on the kitchen. I had a good reason. The island is between the kitchen and dining room and until it was finished, the whole space was undone. So, I switched gears and knocked out my kitchen. After all the dust settled, I decided it was time to finally finish the dining room. Since there were a few steps in this process, I decided to break it up into segments (so I don't overload you). One of those steps was new seating. 

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DIY Restoration Hardware Trestle Door Coffee Table

DIY Restoration Hardware Trestle Door Coffee Table

It all started with a dream... a dream to find the perfect coffee table for our living room. For the last six months or so I have been scouring the web, Craigslist and local shops searching for it. You know, that piece of furniture that speaks to you and says "buy me. I'm perfect for you."  And then it happened. I stumbled over to Restoration Hardware and found the one.

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$15 DIY Rustic Headboard

$15 DIY Rustic Headboard

Over the weekend we (the Hubs and I) were able to wrap up a few things. One of those thing was our son's headboard. Since we are doing a train theme in his room we thought it would be cool to do a DIY Headboard that looked like old train rails. After a bit of online browsing I found the design I wanted. I sketched out a few plans and headed to the hardware store to grab some materials.

Over a period of a couple of days we were able to create our very own headboard. And the cost? Around $30! Even better, this is an easy weekend project that just about anyone could do. To make it easy, I photographed almost every step along the way (some things were just too hard to photograph). Hopefully you will feel inspired to tackle this project yourself. :-)

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